$98,224.00
5.84%$3,444.41
10.59%$2.30
16.52%$677.21
9.04%$193.12
9.28%$0.336438
25.85%$0.999849
0.08%$0.95971
24.73%$3,439.58
11.25%$0.251198
11.65%$40.59
19.72%$23.85
18.61%$4,087.29
9.98%$5.50
14.28%$4.75
35.31%$0.000023
22.61%$97,955.00
5.91%$0.376589
19.68%$7.45
22.14%$33.51
44.68%$0.269199
13.97%$3,442.75
10.40%$468.73
19.54%$9.28
1.48%$13.90
23.07%$0.00001885
29.52%$103.93
19.23%$3,633.07
10.81%$5.38
18.06%$4.31
15.73%$0.999052
0.20%$10.60
5.95%$10.93
21.83%$0.999723
0.01%$321.79
17.97%$0.168557
18.27%$0.503467
21.38%$27.40
15.22%$1.22
21.50%$7.63
24.12%$0.04853424
25.36%$3.93
14.34%$486.37
21.06%$193.19
14.76%$1.36
20.01%$24.53
0.93%$1.18
37.42%$0.802816
19.07%$5.24
18.57%$0.125466
13.19%$1.07
24.45%$0.354861
24.11%$46.19
10.08%$7.04
19.82%$2.72
31.93%$1.78
13.06%$1.82
22.53%$1.90
16.29%$0.00003337
32.96%$1.46
17.87%$5.37
22.40%$1.025
48.53%$2.28
29.20%$22.28
19.41%$2.15
23.31%$0.223317
20.37%$3,448.22
10.83%$98,246.00
5.85%$0.455589
21.16%$0.03031306
30.79%$2.36
20.78%$5.34
17.63%$3,548.46
9.72%$3,858.80
10.36%$0.03583197
25.54%$0.00017926
22.57%$0.99983
0.40%$118.32
23.62%$13.23
12.84%$0.03854498
29.41%$3,620.65
11.10%$1.78
26.60%$0.02819031
12.73%$18.97
11.48%$0.02879856
32.13%$98,186.00
6.70%$1,676.08
11.61%$0.598215
25.47%$3.33
0.05%$0.391491
20.31%$0.999603
0.17%$1.36
24.62%$1.38
12.79%$0.234952
23.05%$97,982.00
6.20%$0.137562
25.18%$11.30
11.32%$4.62
20.91%$0.858093
20.63%$3,538.31
10.38%$7.12
17.14%$197.25
9.11%$37.07
16.04%$0.885213
18.18%$1.66
26.84%$0.753925
19.98%$0.078378
19.66%$0.502352
16.95%$17.28
19.46%$0.315431
23.89%$1.56
21.45%$56.10
17.08%$0.968906
26.55%$0.872743
26.16%$0.00000111
14.60%$240.41
9.09%$1.15
18.12%$14.82
17.33%$6.60
24.19%$36.80
23.63%$0.503538
21.10%$0.505058
20.02%$97,364.00
4.19%$0.890032
-8.39%$1.23
21.67%$5.37
28.74%$3,454.15
11.84%$97,567.00
5.78%$54.98
32.65%$0.00000219
10.30%$4.05
13.88%$3.11
11.66%$0.090489
21.18%$3.36
19.56%$0.728025
32.66%$0.287278
20.99%$0.168756
19.32%$0.812891
24.33%$0.645847
19.56%$3,443.48
10.46%$85.22
22.97%$205.32
9.09%$0.998384
0.44%$1.64
31.41%$2.51
20.73%$1.98
16.96%$0.795227
46.56%$2.15
15.45%$3,441.02
10.88%$0.0000365
16.50%$22.34
21.27%$1.57
21.47%$0.00704374
27.46%$0.00827075
18.56%$268.60
16.23%$0.336935
25.98%$0.187328
23.22%$0.783293
23.38%$0.0066946
19.34%$0.684656
15.52%$97,095.00
8.11%$0.668643
23.96%$5.92
21.11%$2,629.70
1.17%$0.995288
0.19%$0.00
33.32%$3,618.56
10.04%$0.01175187
26.84%$0.00011402
24.29%$2.54
22.56%$3,726.12
10.11%$0.008851
25.36%$19.81
28.44%$1.26
0.75%$0.086738
20.59%$0.00655026
24.87%$27.69
17.83%$0.278386
18.15%$1.12
22.86%$3,441.47
10.32%$11.14
19.44%$0.408048
20.49%$1.36
29.79%$0.554273
41.67%$1.35
27.83%$0.077496
4.83%$14.61
33.45%$98,177.00
5.91%$1.019
0.08%$0.999674
0.08%$0.00000053
9.85%$2,626.11
1.18%$0.054298
45.13%$32.83
29.88%$1.56
17.87%$0.01141232
23.73%$97,302.00
6.30%$3,437.87
10.39%$8.79
-16.17%$3,445.09
10.39%$5.02
17.94%$1.001
0.09%$0.458632
22.19%$0.00657431
39.70%$0.062997
18.64%$38.69
21.28%$0.300894
78.91%$0.067496
17.41%$0.00256736
24.74%$0.00660295
19.85%$0.00582702
24.63%$97,892.00
5.91%$2.15
20.46%$3,602.42
10.60%$3,696.67
10.32%$0.0010593
23.30%$1.06
-1.07%$0.02235666
24.28%$3.29
14.00%$26.81
58.04%$0.236359
25.56%$0.074177
13.35%$0.00000335
26.82%$0.486794
18.59%$5.27
6.69%$0.998739
1.89%$0.217487
20.27%$1.077
-0.35%$88.78
4.25%$2.58
23.80%$0.999586
0.16%$0.698202
22.17%$3,801.79
10.21%$0.00000018
16.41%$0.03890075
12.92%$3.05
13.31%$3.53
21.03%$0.144957
13.74%$0.908534
11.50%$47.79
20.02%$0.03748075
21.90%$0.763034
30.54%$0.0110494
22.35%$0.369993
17.23%$1.003
0.58%$0.366904
21.50%$0.363542
67.53%$3,441.14
10.31%
Bitcoin is now as secure as ever after the network's hashrate soared to a new record of 203.5 exahashes per second (EH/s) on January 2, according to data from Bitinfocharts.
Hashrate refers to the total combined computational power used to mine and process transactions. The higher the hashrate, the more secure the network is as the computing power required to successfully attack also increases.
Over the last 12 months, Bitcoin's hashrate has increased by 49% from the 136.5 EH/s recorded on January 2, 2021.
The growth is even more impressive—a whopping 199.2%—when compared to the values seen in July last year, when the hashrate plummeted as low as 68 EH/s following China's massive crackdown on the mining industry.
The network has been on a steady rebound since, with several major Bitcoin mining operators relocating to other jurisdictions, including the U.S. and Kazakhstan.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin mining difficulty—a measure of how difficult it is to mine new coins—is projected to increase by another 2.57% later this week. According to BTC.com, this would be spitting distance from its previous record high recorded last May, according to BTC.com.
The network's new milestone came just in time to mark the 13th anniversary of Bitcoin's Genesis Block Day.
On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, generated the network's block zero, also known as the Genesis Block, with its coinbase data containing the famous headline from the British newspaper The Times: "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."
While Nakamoto never revealed the meaning of the message, many Bitcoin enthusiasts see it as a reference to the actual motives behind Nakamoto's invention: to create a new digital currency without intermediaries like banks.
13 years ago these words were stamped in the Genesis block of the #Bitcoin blockchain:
“Chancellor on Brink of Second Bailout for Banks”
It was the start to the peaceful revolution that has changed millions of lives, and soon will change billions of lives
Thank you Satoshi. pic.twitter.com/WUwKZQr5h6
— Blockstream (@Blockstream) January 3, 2022
"It was the start to the peaceful revolution that has changed millions of lives, and soon will change billions of lives," Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream wrote in a tweet on Monday.
Notably, the Bitcoin Genesis Block was not actually "mined" the same way the subsequent Bitcoin blocks were. Instead, it was hardcoded into the protocol software, with the first block arriving six days later on January 9, 2009.
Bitcoin has since become an $893 billion network, with almost 15,000 nodes holding a full or a partial copy of the world's first blockchain.
Whether these figures continue to grow into 2022 remains to be seen.
